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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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TraceyL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Helen A's Task: Bird's Wedding
Read one book which includes in the title/subtitle one of the following words: Amish.
Ashes to Amish by Naomi Miller
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 930
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kelly L.30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in January of any year.
Long Bright River, publication date 1/7/2020.
Option 4: Read a book with at least two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name (single authors only.)
The Dutch House by ANN PatcheTT
This post = 30 points
Total = 195 points
Casey WTask 20.4 - Everything Old is New Again
Read a book on the list of classic retelling of fairytales or mythology.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
#9 on list, found on pg. 1.
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Kelly L.30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do, published Oct. 1, 2019
Option 3: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name matches a human Sesame Street character's name.
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
ANN Napolitano (author first name) <> Edith ANN (character last name)
This post = 30 points
Total = 225 points
Coralie 15.1 Days of Celebration
Option 1: book set in Bangladesh
The Good Muslim
Option 3: Book set in Dominican Republic
The Feast of the Goat
Total to date 550 points
20.1 My Task!Option 1: nonfiction Food
The Best American Food Writing 2019 (Food)
+20 = 425 points total.
Suzannesea15.4 Go Red
Option 2
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are found in NATIONAL WEAR RED FOR WOMEN DAY, and has a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover.
by Tatiana de Rosnay
naTional weaR
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 620
JUKKA15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Book first published in 2019 or 2020.
Blightburg by Mikko Karttunen us from 2019.
Total Points: 380/1165
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 26/64
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 7
LAUREN JODI10.1 - Home for the Holidays
Fatal Strike by Shannon McKenna
Series name: McClouds & Friends
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 255/1165
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 23/64
25.8 2 booksOption 2: A book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in BART E NDER S : 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
Option 4: A book with the MPG Romance (standalone or embedded): Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
504 pages: 1 big book ticket
Published 1868: 1 golden oldies ticket
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 325
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Karen DTask 15.1 - Days of Celebration
Book 1: Six Four, finished 2/24
Option 3 - Japan
Book 2: Cemetery Lake, finished 2/23
Option 3 - New Zealand
Points this task: 15
Total points: 980
5.10. Your Personal Award!Read a book of your choice
Mirage by C.M. Radcliff
*Approved for length
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 22
trishhartuk30.2 Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honouring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING.
The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng (508pg)
T, T, E in corETTa
Big book: 508pg = 500+ = 1 ticket
Option 4: Read a book with at least two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name
stone cold crazy, shaNNon hILL
Read the kindle edition. PB here (182pg)
Total pages: 508 + 182 = 690pg
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: No
Big book: Yes – The Gift of Rain is 508pg = 500+ = 1 ticket
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 25
Golden oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 4
25.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!Option 2: Repeal Day (December 5) and Bartender Appreciation Day (December 6) –
Read a book where the author's first and last name initials can be found in BARTENDERS.
Iniquity by Natalie Bennett
*Approved for length 7759
Option 4: Cuddle Up Day (January 6) – MPG Romance
The Life That Mattered by Jewel E. Ann
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 24
Task 5.10 - Your Personal Award!read a book of my choice
The Crucifix Killer
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1145 points
12 BB tix
5 GO tix
Sunshine5.5 Try to Count Them.
Book: End of Days by Susan Ee 2/20/20
How it Fits: MPG Fantasy
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 545
Books Read: 44
Sunshine5.9 The Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Book: Lion and the Falcon by Eve Langlais 2/22/20
How it Fits: LATF found in NEUSTADT INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 550
Books Read: 45
Nick KY25.10 Kristina Simon’s Rewards of the Awards
opt. 3. I read Help for the Haunted by John Searles, p. 2, near bottom of the list, winner 2014 Alex Award. 362 pp
Opt. 4 # 54, p. 1 on the Emma Roberts list. I read This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience by Alan W. Watts. 157 pp
Total pp = 519 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1040
Nick KY30.3 TessaVanessa's Hooked on Yarn
Opt. 1. Yarn on cover. I read Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae
Opt. 3. I read A Dance of Cranes by Steve Burrows – 4+ letter word (CRANES) from STEP BACK FROM THE YARN
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1070
Sarah E25.13 - Rina's Task: Christmas Markets
Chosen Market: Magic Christmas in Colmar, France
Book 1: A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
I read the kindle edition, paperback has 234 pages
All letters from Colmar in the title and subtitle
C in Christmas
O in stOries
L in cLassic
MAR in chRistMAs
Book 2: The Ladies' Paradise - 100% set in France
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Au Bonheur des dames - 534 pages
Big Book, 534 pages. I claim I BB ticket.
Golden Oldie, first published 1883. I claim 1 GO ticket.
234 + 534 = 768 pages
Total points: 195
Total BBs: 1
Total GOs: 2
Anja10.10 - Overlooked?
Read a popular book (over 10,000 ratings) that has never won or been nominated for a literary award (according to Goodreads).
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler
POINTS:
Points This Post: 16
Points Total: 235
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 16
trishhartuk30.7 Tien’s Task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: 50 years. Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
The Curse, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB here
First published 22 April 2015
Option 2: The Sesame Street Muppets. Read a book that has been shelved as Anthropomorphism.
Animal Farm, George Orwell
It’s the second book on page 1 of the list
Golden Oldie: First published in 1945
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: 1 – Animal Farm was first published in 1945
Big book: No
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 26
Golden oldies: 6
Big Book tickets: 4
25.9 Number FunOption 1: The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes
Option 3: The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Author initials AM are in vigesiMAl
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 495
Sarah E25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 1: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - on page 3, #246
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7.0
Option 5:
I read an ebook, MMP is シュガークッキーが凍えている
Total points: 220
5.10 book of choiceNevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65/1165
Tasks completed: 6/64
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Task 50.1 – Delicious Dee – Diversify Your ReadingREQUIRED: Total pages 750+: 336 + 320 + 320 = 976 pg
Option 1: Fiction book with an M.C. who is POC: African – Detective Inspector Darko Dawson of Accra, Ghana
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey (A NEW author to me)
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: Wife of the Gods – 336 pg
Option 2: Fiction book by an Author who is POC: African American -
Tayari Jones / An American Marriage
I listened to the audio / MMP: American Marriage, An - 320 pg
Option 3: NONfiction book about LGBTQIA*
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto (NEW to me author) - 320 pg
Approved in HELP thread
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 500 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 6
5.6 initials consecutive in: Montblanc-National University of Singapore Literary Award The Raven Tower by Ann LeckiePoints this post: 5
Total Points: 70/1165
Tasks completed: 7/64
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Delicious Dee10.5 - Countdown to New Year's
Blood Cross - 321 is the page count
points this post: 10
points overall: 885
Delicious Dee30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Option 1: - The Duke's Guide to Correct Behavior - shelved as historical fiction by 25ppl
Option 2: The Blessing Way - #26 on list
points this post: 30
points overall: 915
LAUREN JODI25.3 - TraceyL's Task: Crime Writers Awards
Option 1: The Scarlet Stiletto
Red Hot by Lisa Childs
Option 2: The Gold Dagger
Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
Confirmed in post #10 of the Task Help Thread.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 280/1165
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 24/64
TraceyL10.4 - Snuggle Up
Read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name. The two Gs must be found consecutively in the same word or name.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach
GG appears in moGGach
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 940
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Sunshine25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 3:
Book: Jack and the Giant Killer by Christopher Greyson 12/19/19
How it Fits: CG is in RESCUE DOGS.
Pages: 220
Option 4:
Book: Karma's A Bitch by Shannon Esposito 2/24/20
How it Fits:
Pages: 304
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 575
Books Read: 47
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 3: Read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN. I read 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb, the word STORY can be made from the ST in step, the OR in from and the Y in yarn.
Option 4: Using the list: Crochet Abbreviations read a book with a word from one of the crochet terms in the title or subtitle that ALSO has the letters from the abbreviation in the author’s name. I chose the term "Right Side" and abbreviation RS, and read Wrong Side of the Paw (word SIDE is in title) by Laurie Cass (R is Laurie and S in Cass).
Total points so far: 780
Jen K25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
Option 1: The Academy, er, SRC!
My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper (240 pages)
Option 2: Harry Potter and JKR
The Rise of Magicks (454 Pages)
The fight of good vs bad magic is the plot of the book and the main characters are mostly witches.
240 + 453 = 693 > 600 pages
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 570
READ 60 15.9 A Picture is worth a Thousand words The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media by Brooke Gladstone
Points 15
Total 55
Cindy FTask 15.7 Stand Alone
Book is a stand alone not part of a series.
High Hearts by Rita Mae Brown
Points this post:15
Total points:180
Tasks completed:16
Books read:17
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Laurah3025.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
Book 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
The Escape 470 p
Book 2
Option 2: Read a book whose TITLE contains the letters LO in sequence. Subtitles are excluded.
Beloved 324 p
Total pages = 694
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 345
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 15
Books read: 23
10.3 - Let It SnowThe River of No Return (River of No Return #1) by Bee Ridgway
initial letter of each word in title found in wiNTeR wOndeRland
1x Bigger is Better Tix (547 pages)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 915
Task 15.1 - Days of CelebrationRead 2 books set in different listed countries
Option 2 - set in India
One Night @ the Call Center
Option 3 - set in Libya
Under the Tripoli Sky
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1160 points
12 BB tix
5 GO tix
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title Tropes
Option 2: The Feel Good Story of Quirky Fullname
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
TOTAL TO DATE
670 points
7 big books
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL25.15 - Sarah E's Task: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Option 2: Coal for the eyes and buttons
Option 4: Sticks for the arms
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
**512pp - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
695 points
8 big books
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 3: Step back from the yarn
For this option read a book that has a word of at least 4 letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in STEP BACK FROM THE YARN.
Once Upon a River
Required: State your word. ONCE
Option 4: Patterns
Using the list: Crochet Abbreviations read a book with a word from one of the crochet terms in the title or subtitle that ALSO has the letters from the abbreviation in the author’s name.
Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists by Jane Rawson
REQUIRED: State the abbreviation and the crochet term that was abbreviated. WRONG SIDE - WS
TOTAL TO DATE
725 points
8 big books
1 golden oldie
Sue T25.5 - Kaora - All Work and Some Play...
Option 2: New Orleans - book that is second in a series - Birth of the Storm by Deborah Cullins Smith
Option 4: Albuquerque NM - by a single author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 35/1115
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Suzannesea30.7 Tien's Task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: 50 Years
Read a book first published in 1969 to 2019 inclusive.
The Substitution Order by Martin Clark was published in 2019.
Option 3: Human Sesame Street Characters
Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst
Author Alan Furst shares a name with Alan, the proprietor of Hooper's Store after 1998.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 650
MEGSCL10.9 - Winter's in the Air
Winter- Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2019)
TOTAL TO DATE
735 points
8 big books
1 golden oldie
Laurah3015.6 - Third Time's The Charm
Read a book that has won or been nominated for at least three literary awards. The awards must be listed in the GR metadata.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Barry Award for Best First Novel (2010), Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (2010), Anthony Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2010), Dilys Award (2010), Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel (2010)
Agatha Award for Best First Novel (2009), CWA Debut Dagger (2007),
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 360
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 16
Books read: 24
Laurah3020.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1: Read a book by an author who has an award named for them
Examples:
The Agatha Award is named for Agatha Christie, page 1
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 380
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 17
Books read: 25
StaceyNC20.1 - Most Improved - Librarianish's Task: Beating the Winter Blues
Option 3: Read a book from any GR listopia that has the word "beach" or "summer" in its name.
Book: The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Completed: 2/20/20
Listopia: a16z's 16 (x4) Books We’re Reading This Summer 2019 -- #38 on the list
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 25
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25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 1:Read a book found on the Great "Dog" Books list.
Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon
Found on page 2 of list.
Option 3:Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase RESCUE DOGS.
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Points this post: 25
Total points: 310